Improvement in cooking-stoves



1. s. VAN BU'RENQ Making-Stove.

$10,160,557; v Paiented MarchQ, I875.

THE GRAPHIC CO.PHOTO.-LITH.39 (k4! PARK PLACER-Y- TATES NITEDIMPROVEMENT IN COOKING-STCVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,557, dated March 9,1875; application filed April 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAFEW S. VAN BUREN, of Troy, in the county ofRensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cooking-Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part ofthis specification.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in cooking-stoves;and it consists, first, in forming an additional oven to the stove byattaching a bottom plate and cover to the doors; second, in thearrangement and combination of devices, which will be more fullydescribed hereafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

a represents an ordinary cooking stove or range, upon one or more sidesof which are hung the two doors 0, which can be readily removed at will.Upon the inner lower edge of each of these doors is formed a groove,slide, or rest, d, in or upon which is placed a shelf, e, the shelfhaving at each outer corner a lip or catch, g, which passes around theouter edge of each door, and locks the two firmly in position. Thisshelf, in this position, forms a convenient place for putting dishes tobe kept warm, heating irons, and many other purposes.

Upon the top edges of the doors is supported the reservoir h, which hasa wide flange, 6, formed upon each end and its front side, and from theunder side of the flange at each end there project downward one or morelips, j, which catch over the top edges of the doors, and hold themrigidly in position. Upon the top of this case are pivoted two covers,which can be freely opened outward, and which, when closed, form aconvenient shelf for placin g articles. When these covers are not used,a flat plate may be placed over the top of the case, and serve the samepurpose.

The reservoir is provided with a handle, Z,

upon its side, by means of which the same can be adjusted back and forthwithin the case formed by the doors and bottom plate, so as to have itnearer to or farther from the fire, as may be desired.

When it is desired toform an additional oven to the stove or range, thedoors are braced in position by the bottom plate, as shown in Fig. 1,and then the cover 0, shown in Fig. 4, is placed over their top, andthus a perfect oven, for all kinds of cooking, is formed.

Through each door is made a small opening, 1, provided with a pivotedcover, 2, and through which can be passed a spit, 3, upon which the meatto be roasted can be hung; or, if so preferred, the cooking can be doneentirely in pans placed upon the bottom plate. This oven may be formedequally as well upon the ovendoors (thereby forming an extension to themain oven) as upon the front doors.

Where the stove has a hearth formed upon its front, this hearth may bemade to take the place of the bottom plate 6, there being a flangeformed along the edges of the hearth, which act as stops to the doors.

By attaching the doors 0 and bottom plate 0 firmly together, the doorsmay be lifted off of their hinges or pivots and hung by means of hooksor catches upon the top or body of the stove or range, as convenience ornecessity may require.

I am aware that folding ovens to be attached to stoves are not new, andI do not desire to claim such; but never has an oven and reservoir-casebeen combined, as here shown and described, nor an oven formed by thedoors of a stove.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- I 1. The combination of thedoors, a cover, and a bottom plate, substantially as described.

2. The doors 0 or end plates, pivoted or hung upon a stove or range, incombination with a reservoir, h, provided with lips j, whereby thereservoir is supported upon the side of the stove or range,substantially as shown.

3. The combination of the doors 0, provided with supports 01, with theplate 6, having braces 01' catches for holding the doors in position, Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I substantially as shown. havehereunto set my hand and seal this 226.

4. A water-reservoir, h,b having the flange day of April, 1874.

i upon each end in com ination with suitable supports, whereby it issupported in po- JAFEW VAN B UREN' sition, and can be adiusted back andforth in Witnesses:

relation to the side of the stove, substantially ALFRED W. RICHARDSON,

as specified. EMMET A. GHAMPLIN.

